Sprint raising regulatory fees as soon as the new year arrives

Advantage makes its way towards your court if you’re currently on contract with Sprint. If you’ve been waiting for a perfect time to cancel your contract without fear of being hit with an astronomical early termination fee, then ringing in the New Year may make it even more joyful for yourself. Starting January 1, 2010, Sprint plans on increasing monthly regulatory fees from $.20 to $.40 – it’s that one line on the bill that mostly everyone wonders about and forgets.

This act may be the ripe opportunity to get out without paying the ETF because it can be considered as a “materially adverse change of contract.” If you’re content with Sprint, you can also call up their customer service line and request to convert to a month-to-month plan – so at least that contractual commitment is off your hands. Finally, you have until the end of the month on January 31, 2010 to cancel your line.

until the government actually mandates this.. any company can raise any fee they want ... and if they have a good enough reason the fcc wont change that no matter what carrier... has nothing to do with rights.. all about $$$$$$$

"Our Right To Change The Agreement & Your Related Rights
We may change any part of the Agreement at any time, including, but not limited to, rates, charges, how we calculate charges, or your terms of Service. We will provide you notice of material changes, and may provide you notice of non-material changes, in a manner consistent with this Agreement (see "Providing Notice To Each Other Under The Agreement" section). If a change we make to the Agreement is material and has a material adverse effect on Services under your Term Commitment, you may terminate each line of Service materially affected without incurring an Early Termination Fee only if you: (a) call us within 30 days after the effective date of the change; and (b) specifically advise us that you wish to cancel Services because of a material change to the Agreement that we have made. ****If you do not cancel Service within 30 days of the change, an Early Termination Fee will apply if you terminate Services before the end of any applicable Term Commitment.*****"
Notice the last sentence that you must disconnect w/in 30days of the change or the ETF will be valid. Also notice the first sentence that they can change anything even fees. Sorry PhoneArena but you again posted WRONG information.

Not to quibble, but technically they didn't post incorrect info, only partial info. You can cancel if they raise the fee, you just have to do it within the 30 day window and you have to specifically state that the reason you want to cancel is "because of a material change to the Agreement that we have made."

I was able to cancel a contract today (or ETF) without hassle using this condition. Oddly enough, leaving the country and sprint's service area was not considered a valid reason to cancel a contract, but this is. I was also told that the same phone could then be re-activated month to month, giving me the chance to upgrade my phone whenever I wish.

phonearena, i can't believe you are loading people's lip about how to bail out on a contracted service over a 20 cent increase to their bill. completely lame if you ask me. you guys continue to do dumb stuff.

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